[Mailman-Users] struggling with "minor" mailman upgrade

2001-12-10 Thread Skip Montanaro
Over the past week I have upgraded several bits and pieces of the machine from which I run a small number of Mailman-administered mailing lists. Mail still isn't flowing, the natives are getting restless, and I'm about to throw my laptop out the window. I'm hopeful someone here can steer me in t

[Mailman-Users] mailman Posting mail Problem

2001-12-10 Thread Ganesh HariHaran
Title: mailman Posting mail Problem Dear List I have configured mailman, i get the acknowledgment mail after subscribtion. Later my mails to the list are not posted to me. How to make the mails to post back to the subsribers. Thanks in Advance Ganeshh

[Mailman-Users] Newbie Help, No Mail Sent

2001-12-10 Thread Joel Barnum
I use a web hosting service that's running Mailman 2.0.6. I've setup a few lists in the past couple of months and they were working fine. But in the last week or so, the lists stopped working -- emails sent to the list address don't bounce, but are not forwarded (the proverbial bit bucket). I trie

RE: [Mailman-Users] help

2001-12-10 Thread Michael Ghens
On non-gnu unix (example solaris) you need to have gzip available in the path. gzip -dc mailman.tar.gz |tar xfv - On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Richard Idalski wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:14:43 -0500 > From: Richard Idalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subjec

RE: [Mailman-Users] help

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Idalski
I imagine a tar -zxvf mailman.tar.gz would work wonders... if not, you may need to re-download the tar file. -Richard Idalski -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTEC

[Mailman-Users] help

2001-12-10 Thread A1800service
I am trying to unpak your mailman.tar.gz and it will not do it, old option or something like that, can you give me a command line that i can use that will unpack and setup what it needs too.. Thanks -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Mailman-Users] Postfix question...

2001-12-10 Thread Paul Tomblin
Quoting Richard Idalski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I'm now in the process of testing postfix on a test listserver, and I've > heard about using defered mode to bypass local DNS lookups with Sendmail and > Exim... Can anyone tell me how I can do this with Postfix? Is it configured > this wa

[Mailman-Users] Postfix question...

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Idalski
I'm now in the process of testing postfix on a test listserver, and I've heard about using defered mode to bypass local DNS lookups with Sendmail and Exim... Can anyone tell me how I can do this with Postfix? Is it configured this way to start with? If not can someone tell me what change

[Mailman-Users] question...

2001-12-10 Thread martinez cesar
Hi there! I have a user, i deleted it(in the web interfase), but when a send an e-mail to the list where it was subscribed he is included in that message...what can i do... Thanks. = ¡Somos polvo de estrellas y algún día a ellas regresaremos, convirtiendonos en parte de su brillo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.08...

2001-12-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:54:44 -0500 Richard Idalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doens't the upgraded mailman do away with using crons to run its > scripts, or did I assume wrong in that? That's 2.1, which is not released and is not ready for prime time yet. > Will I have to disable my present

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman setup

2001-12-10 Thread A1800service
In a message dated 12/10/01 12:06:49 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Mailman integrates with your system. If you cannot access /etc/password, then you will need to involve the sysadmin of the system you attempting installation on. >> Can someone refer me to a low cost

Re: [Mailman-Users] re-enabling disabled users...

2001-12-10 Thread Jon Carnes
Using the web-admin, go to Membership options and remove the check mark for "nomail" that is next to his mail address. - Original Message - From: "Richard Idalski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: [Mailman-Users] re-enabling disa

Re: [Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.08...

2001-12-10 Thread Jon Carnes
Mailman 2.0.8 is the latest version of the 2.0 chain. There is no added functionality going from v2.0.6 to v2.0.8 beyond bug fixes. You are probably thinking of v2.1 which is out in Alpha. It does run using a daemon. - Original Message - From: "Richard Idalski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [Mailman-Users] Try again

2001-12-10 Thread Jon Carnes
Use the web-admin, go to Privacy Options. You will see that you can limit all posts, and there is a field for email addresses that can post without approval. Good Luck - Original Message - From: "mel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:36 PM Su

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman setup

2001-12-10 Thread Jon Carnes
Mailman integrates with your system. If you cannot access /etc/password, then you will need to involve the sysadmin of the system you attempting installation on. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: [Mail

RE: [Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.08...

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Idalski
Doens't the upgraded mailman do away with using crons to run its scripts, or did I assume wrong in that? Will I have to disable my present crontab, and enable anything new there? Will an out of the box upgrade built witht the correct parameters for my system come back up that easily? Witho

Re: [Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.08...

2001-12-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:18:17 -0500 Richard Idalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an existing mailman install of v2.06, it's under heavy > daily use, so downtime isn't really an option. What is the > suimplest way to upgrade to v2.08 with the least amount of time > down? Build the new Ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] exporting / importing users

2001-12-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:56:25 + tom dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. How would I go about importing a comma separated list of 12,000 > email addresses into an existing mailman list? Replace the commands with LFs and then use ~/bin/add_members. > 2. How could I export email addresses of

Re: [Mailman-Users] setup

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 11:34 10/12/2001 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 12/10/01 10:30:36 AM Central Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< >I need some setup help with mailmain... > > > >I started off by unpacking it: > > > >tar mailman.tar.gz and it created: > > > >/home/business/mailman-2.0.7

[Mailman-Users] Try again

2001-12-10 Thread mel
I have a list here that is a bit unusual, it is a daily devotional list that is driven by cron. Is there a way I can restrict post to the 7 members that cron sends the mail from to the list. If this can't be done is there a way to remove the second reply address from the outgoing messages. I have

[Mailman-Users] mailman setup

2001-12-10 Thread A1800service
Add a new user called `mailman'. Typically this is added to your /etc/passwd file. If username `mailman' is already in use, choose something else unique and see the --with-ownername flag below. how how do i add user called "mailman"? /etc/passwd belongs to the system, som

[Mailman-Users] Upgrading to v2.08...

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Idalski
I have an existing mailman install of v2.06, it's under heavy daily use, so downtime isn't really an option. What is the suimplest way to upgrade to v2.08 with the least amount of time down? I really want to get past the bug with the malformed bounce emails, becuase that seems to effec

[Mailman-Users] re-enabling disabled users...

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Idalski
Ok, I have a user here that was disabled from our mailing lists due to a now alleviated DNS problem. Now however I can't seem to find the means to re-enable the address. The account shows up in the bounce logs as already disabled. How can I correct this? Richard Idalski

Re: [Mailman-Users] setup

2001-12-10 Thread Björn Lindström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011210 17:36]: > can you supply me a command line that will unpak > it into the correct directory... make install will do that after correctly using the configure script. -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMA

Re: [Mailman-Users] Editing Posts

2001-12-10 Thread Greg Ward
On 09 December 2001, Michael H Moran said: > Ok, I see the references to editing posts in the archives, but > I don't see any pathes, etc for actually implementing it. > > Am I misreading the archives ? If not, where do I find what > I'm looking for ? See the FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-

Re: [Mailman-Users] setup

2001-12-10 Thread A1800service
In a message dated 12/10/01 10:30:36 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >I need some setup help with mailmain... > >I started off by unpacking it: > >tar mailman.tar.gz and it created: > >/home/business/mailman-2.0.7 > >it seems to have set the files up and all, now w

Re: [Mailman-Users] setup

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 11:19 10/12/2001 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I need some setup help with mailmain... > >I started off by unpacking it: > >tar mailman.tar.gz and it created: > >/home/business/mailman-2.0.7 > >it seems to have set the files up and all, now what >do i do? can someone provide links so how i

[Mailman-Users] setup

2001-12-10 Thread A1800service
I need some setup help with mailmain... I started off by unpacking it: tar mailman.tar.gz and it created: /home/business/mailman-2.0.7 it seems to have set the files up and all, now what do i do? can someone provide links so how i can get into configuration...etc..etc... some detailed instr

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailpasswords

2001-12-10 Thread Greg Ward
On 07 December 2001, David Pierron said: > I tried running the mailpasswords cron job manually, Good! At least you're familar with the concept of cron job, which a lot of the people on this list don't seem to be. ;-( > and it runs with no > ouput, and I don't receive passwords ... You wouldn

Re: [Mailman-Users] Virus Filtering

2001-12-10 Thread Greg Ward
On 07 December 2001, Brandon Slaten said: > Just getting started useing Mailman to replace our Majordomo lists, was > wondering if Mailman had any facility to filter viruses. I have found the > information about SPAM filtering, but wondered if it went further. No. There's lots of other softwa

Re: [Mailman-Users] deleting mails from the archive

2001-12-10 Thread Greg Ward
On 07 December 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > i'm the administrator on a mailing list ( http://lists.duth.gr ) using the > mailman version 2.0 beta 5. don't I have the possibility to delete some old > mails from the archive? FAQ: see http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=fa

[Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.08...

2001-12-10 Thread Richard Idalski
    I have an existing mailman install of v2.06, it's under heavy daily use, so downtime isn't really an option. What is the suimplest way to upgrade to v2.08 with the least amount of time down?   I really want to get past the bug with the malformed bounce emails, becuase that seems to effec

Re: [Mailman-Users] help..

2001-12-10 Thread Jon Carnes
Obtain the software from:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/mailman/   I recommend that you download v 2.0.8 as this is the current stable version. I also recommend that you install it on a Linux box.  If you use a standard distribution like Mandrake, you will find that it comes with an earli

Re: [Mailman-Users] exporting / importing users

2001-12-10 Thread David Melton
- Original Message - From: "tom dyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 3:56 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] exporting / importing users > Hi there > > I'm wondering if it's possible to import or export subscribers of a > particular list (without u

[Mailman-Users] exporting / importing users

2001-12-10 Thread tom dyson
Hi there I'm wondering if it's possible to import or export subscribers of a particular list (without using the web interface). I've got three specific questions: 1. How would I go about importing a comma separated list of 12,000 email addresses into an existing mailman list? 2. How could I exp

Re: [Mailman-Users] New FAQ entry: broken autoresponders

2001-12-10 Thread Steve Lay
>More simply, if the return path of a message is ever null ("<>"), it >should be bounced from wrapper post. Which is the same as what I went on to say I think... Mailman (post 1.1) does this bounce detection - presumably by looking at the envelope sender in the first instance. I think I'm argui